Artificial Intelligence Agents Are Now Ignoring Documentation
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| Source: Dev.to | Original article
AI agents now outnumber humans on documentation sites, with 48% of visitors being non-human.
As we reported on June 12, AI agents are increasingly being used to automate tasks, with Visa even bringing payments to ChatGPT. Now, it appears that these agents are becoming the primary consumers of documentation, with 48% of visitors to documentation sites across Mintlify being AI agents, not humans. This shift has significant implications for technical writers, documentation engineers, and developers, as the rise of AI coding agents changes the way documentation is created and consumed.
The fact that AI agents are becoming the main readers of documentation matters because it highlights the need for a new approach to documentation. With AI agents able to parse and understand documentation, the focus should be on making documentation AI-readable, rather than just human-readable. This requires a different set of skills and tools, such as those provided by StoreSEO, which makes Shopify stores AI-readable.
As the use of AI agents continues to grow, we can expect to see further innovations in this space. One area to watch is the development of predictive AI agents that can anticipate and automate tasks, such as restocking orders. With Bain forecasting a $100B market for these agents, it's clear that this is an area that will continue to evolve and improve. As AI agents become more prevalent, it will be interesting to see how the documentation landscape changes to accommodate their needs.
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